In preparation for the grand opening of the Metro Orange Line Extension this June, Metro is preparing to start systems testing beginning Monday, April 23, for approximately three weeks. During this testing period, buses will intermittently run along the busway for testing purposes only. The testing will take place from [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Villaraigosa’s legacy focuses on transportation plan (L.A. Times) L.A. Mayor [continue reading]
As many readers already know, this has been a challenging few months for the Blue Line, which has seen some major delays due to problems with the overhead wires that power the trains, rail car breakdowns, Expo Line construction, police activity and a few accidents. The following report [pdf here] [continue reading]
The Metro Board of Directors Planning Committee today recommended that the full Board next week certify the Final Environmental Imapct Statement/Report for the Westside Subway Extension, a key Measure R-funded project. The vote was 3 to 1 with Board Members Diane DuBois, Richard Katz and Zev Yaroslavsky voting for and [continue reading]
Ask anyone smart enough to get off the tour bus at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and they will mention something many people don’t know about Los Angeles. This is a city made for walking. Albeit not along every street, but think about those stars on the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard. The [continue reading]
In response to a second report commissioned by the city of Beverly Hills, Metro officials have again said that they stand by the agency’s seismic and tunneling safety reports on the Westside Subway Extension project. Specifically, Metro officials stand by their conclusion that it is safer to build a subway [continue reading]
Below is the news release from the Expo Line Construction Authority, the independent agency building the second phase of the project between Culver City and Santa Monica. And here is a link [pdf] to the court ruling. The California Court of Appeal yesterday ruled unanimously in favor of the Exposition [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Mayor proposes extension of Measure R sales tax (L.A. Times) [continue reading]
Metro staff has finished a report to the agency’s Board of Directors on different funding scenarios for transportation projects if Measure R was extended. It is important to emphasize that the Metro Board has not made any decision yet whether to ask Los Angeles County voters to extend the Measure R [continue reading]
photo by Erik Mauer, via Flickr Creative Commons Part of a very interesting “Then and Now” series, superimposing old photos with new urban landscape. The photo shows the Spadina Streetcar – and its previous incarnation as a Belt Line streetcar – in Toronto, Canada. To submit a photo for the [continue reading]
